Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-02-10
GENERAL.

THE British Government has granted
subsidy to the White Star Steamship Com
pany for the use of the steamers of that
line Us armed transports in the event Of
war The agreement includes stipulation
that the White Star Company shall build
several fast vessels in accordance with do
signs furnished by the Admiralty.
THE Knights of Labor have offered o re
ward Of 500 for the detection Of the person
or persons who attempted to destroy tho
Old Dominion steamer GuyandOtte. Presi-
dent McCready. of the Old Dominion line
has also offered reward Of $40, 900 for the
arrest and conviction Of the miscreant.
PREMIER DEPRETIs, in the Italian Cham
Der on the 1st, announced the complete de-
feat of the Italian forces and their allies
near Massowah. Great excitement fol-
lowed, the Chamber Immediately granting
credit Of 100000
BY the advice of counsel the Union Pa
cific Railroad Company has decided to
cease the issue of all complimentary passes
as soon as the Interstate Commerce bill
goes into effect. The decision applies to
every species Of free travel.
THERE was panic on the Paris BOurse
on the LIST, caused by war rumors. Rcntes
fell but recovered later in the day.
QUEEN VICTORIA witnessed theatrical
performance in the council chamber Of tho
palace at Osborne, recently, for the first
time since the death Of Prince Albert.
TIE Sultan of Morocco has refused to
sign commercial treaties with England,
Franco and Germany until the abuses aris-
ing from the foreign protection Of natives
are removed.
1T was reported that the Italians were de-
fcatcd by Abyssinians near Massowah in
the Soudan.
THE Paris newspaper lie Temps refuses to
regard as serious the attacks Of the Ger
man papers upon France and says they are
duo to the electoral game, tho issue OF
which will be the triumph Of Imperialism
or parliamcntarianism
NUMEROUS priests, jurists and other resi-
dents of Sligo, Ireland, have signed pro-
test against the exclusion of Catholics from
the jury box. They ask their representa-
tives In the House of Commons to call the
attention of Parliament to the matter.
A DISPATCH from Rome says the consist
DRY will be held the 7th Of March, that the
Popes ALLEGATION will affirm with increased
emphasis the principle of the temporal
power of the Church.
THE Queen of Belgium recently heard by
telephone the rendition of Faust" ut tho
Paris Opera House.
THE Simla Nndia) Bank has suspended.
Arrangements for voluntary liquidation
were made and it was expected depOsitOrs
would be paid in full.
TIE Limerick Qrcland) municipal coun-
Gil has refused to celebrate the Queens
jSbilcc on the ground that the Queen has
visited Ireland only twice, and never as
sisted Irish charities.
KING GEORGE opened Parliament on tho
3D. ut Athens, Greece. In his speech he
said that ut present the foreign relations of
Greece were normal, and on that account
the State was enabled to attend to its home
affairs.
THERE was intense excitement on tho
London Stock Exchange on the afternoon
of the Sd and ut the close Of the market
panicky feeling prevailed. The unfavora-
bic state of the market was due chiefly to
the reports of heavy failures in the Paris
Bourse.
A LONDON cablegram lately said that even
if there should be no war between France
and Germany, the incidents which had
already happened in consequence of tho
active rumors Of war have created such a
marked feeling of distrust throughout tho
country and SO paralyzed every thing in the
way of commerce, industrial and financial
enterprise that it would take France at least
two years to recover the shock which she
had already received.
A SCHOOL house ut ST. Emonique, near
Montreal, Can, was destroyed by fire tho
other night, and four young girls who were
in it persisted in the flames.